Donovan and Mike Brown's concerns about rotation are not unfounded.

In the second half, the two sides returned to the court, and the situation on the court quickly became somewhat similar to that of the first quarter.

Durant and Westbrook's grip hasn't been able to fully adjust.

And the problem of the Thunder's interior defense still exists.

In the opening game, Leonard scored under the basket and caused a foul on Collisson.

Leonard scored 13 points in the first quarter and only scored 2 points in the second quarter, and was properly suppressed by Li Liang.

He can only take advantage of Li Liang's absence now to quickly brush up on more points.

Once Li Liang appears on the stage, life is estimated to be difficult.

Leonard hit both free throws.

Then, Westbrook missed a pullup jump shot on offense.

The Thunder are still very simple.

Hibbert got the backcourt rebound, and Bryant slowly advanced with the ball.

The Lakers are not in a hurry, and they are more likely to play positional offense.

The Lakers' positional offense is composed of Kobe Love's pick-and-roll, Leonard's singles, Clarkson's impact, and Hibbert's frontcourt rebounds.

Overall, like the team Scott once coached, the division of labor and cooperation between the positions are clear, and the cooperation is seamless, which is a typical representative of traditional basketball thinking.

Kobe Bryant and Lefou's blocking and dismantling are initiated as offense, and Lefou's own defensive attraction is not very strong, and the blocking and dismantling is just a starting point.

The main thing is to use Kobe's passing and attacking ability to stir up the opponent's defensive formation.

Anyway, Kidd's offensive ability was all under Scott, let alone Kobe?

Bryant used his crotch dribble to get rid of Westbrook's defense, and then suddenly a high-throw pass to the interior that didn't look at anyone.

Hibbert turned and jumped high, caught the ball, and slammed his hands into it!

The Lakers were just one point away.

Durant stepped up, crossed over from the outside, and hit a pullup jump shot for two points.

The two sides began to enter a tug-of-war of equal strength.

The Lakers play slowly and skillfully, and the Thunder play fast and chaotic.

The scores on both sides alternated upwards, and Bryant got a good chance from the outside and hit a three-point shot!

At 66:66, the two sides were tied at 4 minutes and 49 seconds in the third quarter!

The Lakers showed their resilience at Stamps.

Kobe Bryant also showed people a unique side and a different style of play.

Of course, the better Kobe Bryant played, the more sad many fans felt in their hearts.

Obviously he is still playing so well, and there is still a lot of oil in the tank, so why should he retire?

Li Liang knew that he had to play at this time.

Judging from the course of these two games with the Lakers, if the two sides meet in the playoffs, there may be a play.

The Lakers' Big Three have integrated better than expected.

Love lacks defense, Leonard lacks offense, Kobe Bryant is old, and all three have more significant flaws.

But Scott hid the shortcomings of all three and played to their strengths as much as possible.

As the best coach of all times, a witness to the 58 miracles, Scott still has two brushes.

Donovan didn't say much about tactics during the timeout, he only mentioned one thing, "Intensity!" We're going to increase the intensity, we can't be like this, slowly, are you playing golf? ”

Li Liang pushed Durant and said, "Speaking of you, you are walking on the court again." ”

Durant sometimes takes a walk on the court when he is playing, or takes a break or something.

At this time, it is usually Westbrook who gets the ball, he knows that it is useless for him to run actively, anyway, the ball is estimated to be in his hands, so why not take a break?

Li Liang will definitely be different after he plays.

Li Liang has always been known for his high intensity, and you have to keep up with his rhythm or you will be scolded.

This Li Liang is a bit like Magic Johnson, Johnson was like this when he was in the Lakers, as his teammate, you can't keep up with his running, you can't catch his pass, you will be smashed directly on your head by Johnson with the ball, and you will be scolded by him.

The Thunder played a little softly tonight, as if they were several years older than the Lakers.

"Everyone's cheering up, we say revenge, I don't want a bad Christmas!"

Li Liang rarely turned on the hair dryer and blew it on everyone.

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

Midway through the third quarter, the Thunder fielded their ultimate lineup.

Li Liang came to the fourth position.

The frontcourt sent the sideline ball, and Durant gave the ball directly to Li Liang, who came out of his pocket.

Li Liang received the ball outside the three-point line, turned around, held the ball, and Leonard, who defended him, hesitated a little, it was a step.

Li Liang directly pulled it up and shot three points!

He's more than two steps from the three-point line.

But here's his range.

"Huh!"

Hit, three points!

This kind of scene is all too familiar to Lakers fans.

When Li Liang still hits this kind of three-pointer, it means that he starts to get serious.

The situation on the pitch feels like a sudden tension.

Li Liang seemed to have pulled the trigger of the first shot of the war.

Subsequently, Bryant was caught by a double in the attack.

A quick split to Leonard, and the Thunder wrapped it up again.

The Thunder's wrapping speed is extremely fast, and the arms of several of their main players are too long.

On the outside, they seem to have compiled a big net, so that the Lakers players have nowhere to escape.

In the end, the ball reached Hibbert, and he could only play in the low post.

Hibbert was unprepared, turned around and threw it casually, missing a hit.

Adams grabbed the rebound and passed to Westbrook.

Westbrook accelerated past Kobe, hit the basket, and turned around to pass to Li Liang, who was following him.

Li Liang received the ball and passed it to Robertson, who was in the empty space in the bottom left corner.

Roberson received the ball without any hesitation, made a three-point shot, and hit again!

The Thunder's intensity is based on defense and counter-attacking.

Before Li Liang came, this was already the foundation of their foothold.

After Li Liang arrived, he carried forward this fundamental even more.

The Lakers were momentarily unable to adapt to the defensive intensity of the Thunder.

The Thunder further increased their strength, and the frontcourt began to wrap up.

Westbrook and Roberson pinched Kobe, Kobe couldn't withstand such a setback, and his physical reaction speed and confrontation ability were not as good as when he was younger.

Kobe Bryant made a mistake!

The ball was cut off by Robertson, who gave it to Durant.

Durant took a pause from the outside, feinted to shoot to attract the main defender, and then immediately gave it to Adams, who followed up under the basket.

Adams didn't dribble the ball and dunked with one arm!

A 7-0 comeback climax called the Lakers a timeout.

Only 2 minutes passed.

The Thunder showed people what playoff intensity looks like.

Li Liang said bluntly, "This is called playing basketball, whoever plays golf again, who drinks EJ's bath water." ”

As soon as these words came out, the thunder crowd stood up their hairs.

Bathwater for the magician's son?

It's scary to think about.

Durant rubbed his nose with a strange expression on his face.

Do you really want to drink it?

The Lakers' timeout obviously didn't have much effect.

The intensity and momentum of the Thunder has risen.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Lakers' offensive success rate plummeted under the Thunder's strong defense.

At this time, the fans really felt Kobe's old state, and under the continuous package of the Thunder, there were several mistakes.

In the normal intensity of the regular season, Kobe Bryant can still play with ease.

Once it rises to the intensity of the playoffs, Kobe, who once played seven, will make mistakes again and again.

Once, in order to save the lost ball, he rushed out of the sideline desperately, but the result was in vain, and the ball still went out of the sideline.

Bryant fell to the ground and didn't get up for half a day.

Li Liang wanted to help Kobe Bryant up in the past, but Kobe pushed Li Liang's hand away and did not accept the opponent's assistance.

Seeing this, Li Liang understood Kobe Bryant very well, and then took the opportunity to touch Kobe's head and cast [Tim Duncan's head touch].

To be honest, with Li Liang's unremitting efforts in the past two years, the phenomenon of hair loss among league players is getting more and more serious.

Including Li Liang himself.

Fortunately, Li Liang once got the prize hair growth serum.

He had already decided that in the future, if anyone came to hold his thighs, he would give this hair growth serum to whomever he wanted.

At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder 91:75, suddenly stretched the difference to 16 points.

The Lakers, who were still thinking of winning one more game, saw the gap between them and this super team.

Sure enough, in the face of absolute strength, any routines and skills are in vain.